Friþ-splott

According to the Old English Dictionary:

friþ-splott

Substitute: A place which is a sanctuary on account of the sacred character superstitiously attributed to it, an asylum :-- Wé lǽrað ꝥ preósta gehwilc ǽlcne hǽðendóm ádwǽsce, and forbeóde. . . þá gemearr þe man drífð on mislicum gewíglungum and on friðsplottum and on ellenum . . . and on stánum, Ll. Th. ii. 248, 1-6. [Cf. Þórólfr hafði mikinn átrúnað á fjalli því . . . er hann kallaði Helgafell . . . ok svá var þar mikil friðhelgi, at þar skyldi engu granda, hvarki fé ne mönnum, Landnáma.] I. 4. friþ-splott

Related words: friþ-geard ; ge-friþian ;